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Sean Carroll’s Reply to the RF Podcast
Hey I saw this website while surfing the internet that claims to refute William Lane Craig's podcasts about Sean Carroll. Can you please email me back and let me know if this website can be refuted? Let the Universe Be the Universe by Sean Carrol...
bgv theorem, cosmology, kalam cosmological argument, sean carroll
What Does One Mean by “the Universe”?
I have a question about contemporary cosmology and how the word "universe" is often used. As you know when a proponent of the Kalam argument uses the word universe" they mean "the entire space time manifold." However a while ago on the forums and on the link a...
atheism, cosmology, kalam cosmological argument, null topology, universe
“God” and “the Cause of the Universe”
Dr. Craig, I was wondering what the relationship between the proper name 'God' and the definite description 'The cause of the universe' is. A widely held belief amongst philosophers of language is that definite descriptions do not have the same...
cosmology, creation ex nihilo, kalam cosmological argument, origin of the universe, possible worlds
The Causal Principle
Dear Dr. Craig, I was wondering whether a plausible reason why naturalists reject the causal premiss of the kalam argument is that many of them hold a concept of causation in terms of "events", not of things. This contrast with the Aristotelian and medieval ...
arguments for the existence of god, causation, kalam cosmological argument, medieval causal principle
Time and the Kalam Cosmological Argument
Greetings, Dr. Craig. Recently, I was watching an episode of the Atheist Experience in which they offer a critique of the Kalam Cosmological Argument. They cite an article by James Still which can be found on the Internet Infidels website (they include some o...
kalam cosmological argument, origin of the universe, philosophy of time, theories of time, time
Objections So Bad I Couldn't Have Made Them Up
William Lane Craig's lecture at Biola University with a look at 10 of the worst objections to the Kalam Cosmological Argument. 1 - 3: Objection to the Form. 4, 5: Objection to the First Premise. 6, 7: Objection to the Second Premise. 8 - 10: Objection to ...
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Is God Still Around?
The Kalam Cosmological Argument, like many arguments about the present existence of God, has a fatal fallacy. The fallacy is found in the 3rd premise, that because God ‘has’ made the universe, in which case He must still exist. It seems that you do...
arguments against the existence of god, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, metaphysical necessity, necessary v. contingent existence, transcendence of god
The Timeless Universe Hypothesis
Dear Dr Craig Firstly, although I am not a Christian, I must say your rigorous and strong defence of the Christian faith provide any non Christian with significant challenges. I had a specific question on your defence of the Kalam. Why is it that you defend...
infinite temporal regress, kalam cosmological argument, quiescent universe, singularity, timelessness
Earnest Questions from the Tien Shan Mountains
Dear Professor Craig, My name is Abdulla [surname redacted]. I am a student from Kyrgyzstan whose nights have been consumed for the past three years by your works — from The Tensed Theory of Time to your debate with Oppy in god and time. Today, I ...
abstract objects, divine hiddenness, evil, problem of, kalam cosmological argument, leibnizian cosmological argument, maximal greatness
Infinitely Old Time
Hello Dr. Craig, I’m a big fan of your work, and I have argued with the Kalam for a while now, but I’ve recently started to question the argument, and whether time might actually be infinitely old, because of this line of reasoning: 1. Any decre...
divine creation, eternity, kalam cosmological argument, time, time, relation to god, timelessness
ChatGPT Strikes Out Big Time!
I need some answers for these fallacies that God is the first cause. I just ran your argument through ChatGPT to check for the logical fallacies you've committed and you've actually committed 6 of them. Here's the list. The argument that a god is...
arguments for the existence of god, irrational objections, kalam cosmological argument, logic, logical fallacy, objections